Packaging of medicines for hypodermic purposes.



No. 766,344. PATENIED AUG. 2, 1904. H. H. HAGER.

PACKAGING OF MEDICINES FOR HYPODERMIU PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY so, 1903.

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HERMAN H. HAGER, OF DETROIT, h IICHIGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,344, dated Angus 2, 1904.

Application filed ly 30,1903. Serial N0- 167,560. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN H. I'IAGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of IVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Medicine- Container and Hypodermic Needle; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in the packaging of medicines for hypodermic purposes; and the object of my invention is to provide means whereby the medicine as it comes in a tight package may be administered to the patient without transferring the medicine to another vessel.

WVith this object in view my invention consists of the construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a sealed package of the medicine which it is desired to administer. Fig. 2 is a side view of the needle with its supportingframe. Fig. 3 shows a sectional view of the package, Fig. 1, with the attachment, Fig. 2, in place; and Fig. i is a section through the package, frame, and needle, taken above the stopper.

A represents a vessel, preferably of glass, in which the medicine to be administered is contained. B represents a stopper closing the same, the whole constitutinga package in which the medicine is delivered. In the center of the bottom of the stopper B is a recess Gr, into which the needle enters, so that practically all of the medicine may be delivered through the needle; I

C represents the hollow needle, which is beveled off at its lower end, as shown at F. This needle is carried by a frame D, preferably made of metal. This frame D is preferably made square at its lower end and of a size so that its corners E will just enter the interior of the vessel A. The needle is centrally mounted in the frame D. The lower part of the frame I) has parallel sides running up about an inch from the bottom. The

sides are then brought together, so as to inclose and support the needle C near its point.

The stopper B, as shown, is placed a little distance inside the mouth of the vessel A. The object of this is to compel the needle-point to be placed in the center of the stopper and the cavity in its under surface. This occurs by reason of the fact that the frame D enters the mouth of the vessel A before the point F of the needle 0 enters the stopper B, and the edges of the frame contact with and are guided by the interior of the vessel A and guide the needle, so that it enters the stopper at its center.

The frame 1) terminates in two projecting arms H, against which the first and second fingers are placed while the medicine is administered, the thumb being placed on the bottom of the vessel A.

In operation the frame I) is inserted-into the top of the vessel A and pushed down, the needle C passing down through the stopper and into the recess G. The point of the needle is then inserted under the skin of the patient, and a pressure on the arms H and the bottom of the vessel A will cause the medicine to be delivered, the materials used being capable of thorough sterilization.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a package of medicine, a closure therefor and a hollow needle with a suitable supporting-frame, the whole when properly combined comprising a temporary hypodermic syringe, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a package of medicine, provided with unyielding sides and end, a closure for the same composed of pervious material, and a hollow needle provided with a suitable supporting-frame, said needle being adapted to be pushed through said pervious material, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a package of medicine, provided with a stopper, said package having unyielding sides and end, with a supporting-frame carrying a hypodermic needle, the lower end of said supporting-frame being adapted to enter within the mouth of the package of medicine, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a package of medicine, provided with a sliding stopper, said package having unyielding sides and end, and a hypodermic needle provided with a supporting-frame, said needle being adapted to penetrate said stopper and. act therewith, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a package of medicine, provided with a sliding stopper closing the same, said package having unyielding sides and end, and said stopper being provided with a small cavity centrally located in the inner face thereof, with a supporting-frame and a hollow needle attached thereto, said frame being provided with projecting arms and with a base adapted to enter within the mouth of the package of medicine, substantially as described.

6. The combination ofa package of medicine, provided with a stopper, said package having rigid sides and end, a needle, and a combined with said needle and frame so constructed as to permit the contents of the said package when under properly-applied pressure to pass through the piston and be dis charged through the needle.

In testimony whereof I afl ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN H. HAGER. WVitnesses:

CHAS. E. WIsNER, MERCER D. LINTON. 

